The Portland daily press., 1887-04-06

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| 7. Base hits-Athletics, 16; Philadelphias,
8. Errors-Atheties, 4; Philadelphias, 6.
At BaltimOre-The Buffalo Club, Of the
International League, were yesterday de-
feated Y to by the Baltimore Club in a
| At adelphia-University Of Pennsyl-
vania, %; Amherst College, 12. Eight in
| niDgs.
At Brooklyn-Brooklyns 16; Hartfords,
| 8. Sixth innings.
At indianapolis = Indianapolis, s; st.
Louis, 6.
At Newark -Newarks, %; Boston Blnes, 3.
Seven innings.
THE NEW RULES.
In commenting upon the first game of the
season played under the new rules, in New
York. the Sun has the following to say IN
regard to the rules;
Opinions differ regarding the effect of the
new rules. 1t Is generally thought that as
they stand now they are one-sided. As old
Joe Gernart says: "Batsmen get base hits
without touching the ball. whereas when
formerly they made hits they got nothing"
If the work in the first game may be taken as
a test, as 1t may be fairly, it, is safe to say
that the hardest hitters will be found in the
winning team for no matter how pitcher
handles 1.-THE ball, he will have base hits
charged against him, and it must be cleYer
pitcher indeed who is not hit hard. Pcol-
tribute for pitcher, for he is b0and down
in the box, and is forced TO use as much
speed as possible with the me movement
that he is allowed to make. III ne pitches
balls without an effort. Z If he has good COM
mand Of the ball, the effort to gain speed and
at the same time get the proper curve on the
ball, together with the worriment Oh being
batted freely, must wear MIN out IN much
shorter time than heretofore.
The QafQbnr- foo Will have harder time
He must stand up under the bat and take
the ball every time, especially when q man
Is on base. IL Is the catcher who will now
have to do the greater part Of the throwing
TO bases, as the pitcher can do but little
toward preventing runners from stealing
bases. OF course, in the case Of a man be-
ing on base The batsman is out on the fourth
strike, whether the ball is caught or not;
but the fact must not be lost sight Of that
the ball must be stopped by the catcher in
order to prevent the runner from stealing
on him.
The fact that the ratio of called balls to
strikes IS by far too small, considering the
manner in which the pitcher has to pitch
them, showed itself plainly even in yester.
days exhibition. Stolen bases also count in
the batting, four stolen bases being counted
as equivalent to one base hit. Under the
rules now 1t must be very poor runner who
cannot steal bases, and a fast runner will
be able to steal bases with but little trouble
1t will be found that man must work hard
TO strike out six men, and that IL will be
about as much work to hold club down TO
five or six hits now as 1t was to hold it down
TO one or two hits last year. For instance,
in yesterdays game one pitcher was hit only
six times, still the fourteen bases on balls
are added to this in the score against him.
The other pitcher had such good command
Of the ball that ne gave only two bases on
balls, yet he was batted with ease. Take it
all in all, under the new regulations there
will be heavy batting, any amount Of base
stealing. and, as a consequence, falling OIL
in the fine fielding records.
Ii will be exactly the kind Of a game that
the old timers delighted In and which they
speak Of now as affectionately as an old
sailor does Of ''the last ship 1t means
plenty Of action for the money, big scores,
dozens of men caught between bases, largely
increased element of chances, upsets all
established rules of calculated Of calculation,
and play hob generally.
NOTES.
Last year the POrtland's first game was
with the Newarks and the score was Is to o
in favor Of the latter. The two games they
played in Washington resulted, the first u
to and the second 16 to A. in favor Of the
Washingtons.
Hendershott and DAWN pitched In the
game Monday, The formers delivery was
puzzling to the National batsmen and he
also got in a three-base hit over the left
fielder's head. Every man ON the Portlands
except Ball made hit Monday. and Thayer
was the only one who got two. Shoeneck
started the season with a two-baser.
The Portlands were credited with making
no errors in Mondays game, in the despatch
printed yesterday. This was wrong, as the
only full score yet seen here gives them u.
The Boston Globe says that the Portlands
are trying to secure the services of Lemens,
the second basemen Of the Adelphi club.
The Portlands play in Richmond, Va, to-
day, and also Thursday and Friday.
Gilmore and Mack, the battery for Wash
ington Monday, were with the Hartfords
last year, and were the battery in three Of
the exhibition games the Portlands played
with them at the beginning Of the season.
At the first game, which was played in
Hartford, the P0rtlands got only four hits off
of Gilmore. In the other two, which were
played in this city, they got nine In the
first and seven in the second game. Mon
day the P0rtlands got 10 hits.
The Salems have secured the services Of
William Phinnes of Boston as a pitcher. He
is a left-hand pitcher and played In the Ban
gors last year. James CoOgeiin Of Lynn
and James r. Jerald have also signed as
pitchers with the same club.
ALI the players under contract to the Low
ellis, except Healey, third base, and Doyle,
pitcher, reported yesterday morning to
Manager McGunnigle, at the American
House. This afternoon was spent in prac-
termination to do their best to win and ap-
near confident.